diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index b6753b8..b038d2d 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ TESTS = tests/check_parser tests/test_sha1 tests/test_md5 tests/test_rand \
 check_PROGRAMS = $(TESTS)
 
 tests_check_parser_SOURCES = tests/check_parser.c tests/test.h
-tests_check_parser_CFLAGS = @check_CFLAGS@ $(PARSER_CFLAGS) $(STROPHE_FLAGS) \
+tests_check_parser_CFLAGS = $(PARSER_CFLAGS) $(STROPHE_FLAGS) \
 	-I$(top_srcdir)/src
-tests_check_parser_LDADD = @check_LIBS@ $(STROPHE_LIBS)
+tests_check_parser_LDADD = $(STROPHE_LIBS)
 tests_check_parser_LDFLAGS = -static
 
 tests_test_ctx_SOURCES = tests/test_ctx.c
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1ad6868..7404ead 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ AC_ARG_WITH([libxml2],
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([tls],
     [AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-tls], [disable TLS support])])
 
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES([check], [check >= 0.9.4],
-    [], [AC_MSG_WARN([libcheck not found; unit tests will not be compilable])])
-
 if test "x$enable_tls" != xno; then
     PKG_CHECK_MODULES([openssl], [openssl],
         [PC_REQUIRES="openssl ${PC_REQUIRES}"],
diff --git a/tests/check_parser.c b/tests/check_parser.c
index d8975a0..3820c77 100644
--- a/tests/check_parser.c
+++ b/tests/check_parser.c
@@ -10,27 +10,34 @@
 */
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
-#include <check.h>
-
-#include <strophe.h>
+#include "strophe.h"
 #include "parser.h"
 
 #include "test.h"
 
-START_TEST(create_destroy)
+#define fail_unless(expr) do {                  \
+    int result = (expr);                        \
+    if (!result) {                              \
+        printf("%s:%d: Assertion failed: %s\n", \
+               __FILE__, __LINE__, #expr);      \
+        exit(1);                                \
+    }                                           \
+} while (0)
+
+static void create_destroy(void)
 {
     xmpp_ctx_t *ctx;
     parser_t *parser;
 
     ctx = xmpp_ctx_new(NULL, NULL);
     parser = parser_new(ctx, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
-    fail_unless(parser != NULL, "Parser creation failed.");
+    fail_unless(parser != NULL);
     parser_free(parser);
     xmpp_ctx_free(ctx);
 }
-END_TEST
 
 int cbtest_got_start = 0;
 void cbtest_handle_start(char *name, char **attrs, void *userdata)
@@ -53,7 +60,7 @@ void cbtest_handle_stanza(xmpp_stanza_t *stanza, void *userdata)
         cbtest_got_stanza = 1;
 }
 
-START_TEST(callbacks)
+static void callbacks(void)
 {
     xmpp_ctx_t *ctx;
     parser_t *parser;
@@ -79,16 +86,18 @@ START_TEST(callbacks)
     parser_free(parser);
     xmpp_ctx_free(ctx);
 }
-END_TEST
 
-Suite *parser_suite(void)
+int main()
 {
-    Suite *s = suite_create("Parser");
-    TCase *tc_core = tcase_create("Core");
-    tcase_add_test(tc_core, create_destroy);
-    tcase_add_test(tc_core, callbacks);
-    suite_add_tcase(s, tc_core);
-    return s;
-}
+    printf("XML parser tests.\n");
 
-TEST_MAIN
+    printf("create-destroy: ");
+    create_destroy();
+    printf("ok\n");
+
+    printf("callbacks: ");
+    callbacks();
+    printf("ok\n");
+
+    return 0;
+}